Coal range



April 1 l,- 1939. A. R. PIERCE [COAL RANGE 7 Filed Nov. 8, 1937 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 i 5 s'truct a coal range which is provided with two outer doors a and b. These doors have their 5 5 one half of the front end of the range whereby at one end with a water reservoir i and the top '15 =20 have its rear wall provided with an ample air hinged atits rearedgeto the said frame 1 located 20 oven is a second large utensil compartment and lines inFig- 2ii$ -'-p w t u table grates o .30

.135 There are other advantages in this structure of ment which has formed in its back W a large 35 Patented Apr. 11, 1939 v 2,154,008

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COAL RANGE Ambrose R. Pierce, St. Louis, Mo., a ssignor to American Stove Company, St. Louis, Mo., a cor poration of New Jersey Application November 8, 1937. Serial No. ."1 t3;4 I 2 3 Claims. (01. 126-1) This invention relates to certain improvements structures and the whole stove presenting a very in coal ranges which has in view the following 010- simple, novel and attractive structure. jects, Referring now to the drawings it will be ob- One object or the present invention is to conserved that the front of the range comprises two outwardly swinging outer doors which are made outer edges hinged at c and d to the outer edge of a size to cover the front end of the range from of the ends '6 of the range. .The two doors a and 1) bottom to top and from side to side, that is to are each in width one half of the front of the say, there are no separate exposed frame or range-and when these doors are closed the range panels but only two doors. This has several presents an extremely simple as well as attractive 10 structural advantages, as will be pointed out herestructure. At the upper edge of the range is a matter, narrow frame I and at the rear edge of the range Another object or the present invention is that is a splash back g having at its upper end preferthe two-door structure has each door to occupy ably a shelf h. The top of this range is provided one half of the interior contains a reservoir and of this reservoir is closed by a suitable pivotal coal compartment, a large utensil compartment, cover 7' which has its rear edge pivoted to the a reservoir compartment above the utensil comen of another part k of the cover for partment; it-e'nables said utensil compartment to said reservoir. The part k may b may not be supply for the coal compartment and the inner at the upper end of the range.

wall of the said utensil compartment provided Formed adjacent to-the said reservoir 2' is the with an adjustable means for controlling the a co pa as ts ute e d proamount'of air fedto the coal compartment, and vided with a door m the lower edge of the door allof said compartments closed by a single horibeing suitably p vote to grate ot 25 zontally swinging door. The other half of the S OWnSo that by means of a handle it the said structure is provided with a single door like that @1001 can b s g downward and outward to already d crib d and th upper ti of thi allow access within the said coal or wood comother half forms an oven, and below the said Dartmentpa t nt as'shown in dotted this other half, as stated, is closed by a single and below these at ja' ash pit p and below door and when the two doors are closed the this ash Ditis a large D 1 aving a suitable entire front end or the structure is composed of hinged handle r forwithdrawing t e sa d ash pan. the two doors. Below the reservoir i is a large utensil comparta new coal range, as will appear from the folair Opening ?t to I P Y partment with lowing description. ample air which in turn flows in the grate com- In the drawings: partment through-passages u,'which passages are Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved coal Controlled by a Suitable pe Also as shown 40 range this compartment s has its bottom provided with 40 Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the two a plurality of air IJaSSageS A11Qf the foregodoors open and exposing the interior construction ing o uct ns occupy one half of the range of th range, and all of these compartments are closed by a Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view dissin e d closing the lower end of the utensil compartment The other half of the range inside of the door I) 45 which is below the said reservoir and also exhas its upper portion consisting of an oven I a d posing the outer door for closing the ash tra belowthis oven is a compartment 2, and preferthe said horizontally swinging doors being ably between these compartments l and 2 is an omitted in said fragmentary view. opening for a clean-out door 3 through which the 50 Coal and wood range structures as heretofore accumulated soot and ashes can be readily reknown to me are composed of several doors, and moved. These compartments I, 2 and 3 comprise panels and other structures which are dispensed the other half of the range and when the door I) with in this improved stove,thus making a strucis closed these compartments are likewise closed, ture which costs considerably less than the prior and when both the doors a. and b are closed the 55 range presents an extremely simple and attractive structure.

The top of the range comprises in addition to the parts 7' and It the removable fire box covers 4 which are located immediately above the said coal compartment I and also comprises the two removable covers 5 and a removable cooking top plate 6.

The front side of the range in addition to the doors a and b is provided with a suitable surrounding frame which consists of the parts 8, 9, H], II, l2 and I3.

The doors a and b are provided with any suitable form of handle such for instance as indicated by H by means of which the said doors can be opened and closed. It will also be readily understood that the hinges 0 may be of the well known spring type so that they will automatically close.

From the above description it will be seen that the reservoir is of large capacity of a width substantially one-fourth the length of the complete range and has a considerable depth, and that access can be had through the cover 7' which makes it easy in dipping water from the said reservoir. It will be seen that the inner wall of the reservoir abuts against the adjoining wall of of the coal compartment and that heat is readily conveyed by conduction to the water within the reservoir.

It will also be observed from the foregoing that the strength of the complete structure at its front portion comprises the parts numbered 8 to l2 inclusive and that this part of the range is completely concealed when the doors are closed and that the grates 0 can be removed through the front of the coal compartment and that the coal compartment can be composed of removable linings of any desired material and that either coal or wood can be readily supplied through the front side of the structure by opening the door m, or coal can be supplied to the compartment by removing one or more of the cover plates 4. It will also be readily understood that the covers 7' and k for the reservoir can be insulated as may be desired. This construction provides ample utensil compartments as well as ample reservoir, coal compartments and oven, all of which are concealed when the doors are closed leaving only the doors visible from the front of the range.

The door b is provided with an inwardly projected insulation'portion l6 which is of a size to fit in the open end'of the oven l and thus form an insulated outer wall for the said open-ended oven.

Also the door a is'provided with an inwardly projecting portion I! which fits against and closes the outer ends of the reservoir and utensil compartments and for the outer end of the fire box. The doors a and b additionally are insulated and fit against the front frame of the parts 8 to l3 inclusive producing tight insulated doors having the projecting portions that afiord the additional insulation for the outer ends of said compartments.

The range may be supported upon any suitable base portion l5 that may be desired.

I desire it to be understood that variations in the constructions described may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A coal range comprising a housing having its top consisting of a reservoir opening at one end, and the balance of said top comprising a cooking top, a reservoir under said opening, a coal compartment adjacent said reservoir and an oven adjacent said coal compartment, said oven having its outer end open, a door hinged at its outer edge to the outer edge of one end of said housing said door extending over and closing said oven, and a second door hinged at its outer edge to the other outer edge of said housing and closing that part of said housing not closed by the first mentioned door, the inner edges of said doors abutting, the said open end of said oven being closed and opened by the first mentioned door.

2. A coal range comprising a housing having at its upper end a cooking top and a reservoir extending only part of the way down leaving a compartment in said housing with an open outer end, a coal compartment in said housing under said cooking top, an oven having its outer end open said oven located at the inner side of said cooking top, two doors hinged at their outer edges to the outer edges of the ends of said housing, one door acting to close and open said open ended oven and the other door acting to open and close said open ended compartment, said doors together acting to also close the outer end of said housing.

3. A coal range comprising a housing having a cooking top and a reservoir, a coal compartment and an oven, said housing having also a compartment beneath said reservoir, said coal compartment having its outer end closed, the inner wall of said compartment having openings communicating with the lower part of said coal compartment and the compartment also having outside communication, and two doors hinged to the edges of the end walls of the housing, said doors closing the front of said range, whereby air for the coal pot passes through said compartment.

AMBROSE R. PIERCE. 

